Hands-Only or Breaths?
Choose the appropriate bystander response for different breathing and collapse scenarios.
Sort the emergency scenes by the first CPR response you would use. Hands-only CPR Conventional CPR if trained Assess and monitor Witnessed sudden adult collapse with gasping hands-only Water incident with trained rescuer present conventional Responsive person breathing normally after a faint assess-monitor Untrained bystander sees adult collapse Trained rescuers practicing full adult CPR Awake person with chest pain and normal breathing choosing hands-only CPR Sorted scenes by breathing, responsiveness, training, and likely cause. Do not let rescue-breath uncertainty delay compressions for sudden adult collapse.
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